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Pleurocapsales
| Description | The Pleurocapsales are an order of cyanobacteria. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurocapsales, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | order | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Bacteria : Cyanobacteria : Cyanophyceae : Pleurocapsales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Cyanobacteria : Pleurocapsales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Pleurocapsales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Cyanobacteria) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Cyanobacteria) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Cyanobacteria) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. Taylor, T. Taylor, and M. Krings. 2008. Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurocapsales |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Chroococcidiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dermocarpellaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hydrococcaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hyellaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pleurocapsaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xenococcaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2008 | Pleurocapsales Taylor et al. p. 1027 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
